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Preventing errors when stretching unlocked wall layers

Preventing errors when stretching unlocked wall layers

From the course: Revit: Tips, Tricks, and Troubleshooting

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Preventing errors when stretching unlocked wall layers

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- [Narrator] Ran into an interesting problem recently when trying to unlock some of the wall layers. I wasn't able to stretch them down past a certain point without generating an error. I was able to figure out that the error was being caused by a rectangular wall opening. So when you place an opening in a wall and it cuts a hole through that wall, that will prevent you from stretching the wall layers down below the point of that opening. So, first of all, let me talk about what I mean by unlocking the wall layers, and then I'll show you the problem and the error and how to solve it. So, I'm going to start with this wall right here. You can see that there's a little bit of an issue here because we've got drywall and furring strips on the outside of the parapet up at the roof, and clearly that doesn't make sense. So what I want to do is remove that drywall and furring strip just at the top portion of the wall where we're…

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